Overland Public Golf Course could host a major Superfly music festival this summer. The debate over whether that’s a good use of a golf course ignores a bigger question, says Rich Grant, who suggests that Denver consider closing some golf courses altogether and turning them into public parks for the entire city
Though many people in Denver — and around the globe, for that matter — look to Jeanette Vizguerra, an undocumented mother-turned-activist, for inspiration, she’s got plenty of detractors, too, as we learned after Chris Walker wrote “Jeanette Vizguerra Will Stay in U.S. Until at Least 2019, Leaves Sanctuary.” Says Henry: How is…
The U.S. Sentencing Commission has released its overview of 2016. Marijuana accounts for close to a quarter of federal drug cases, but this overview found that cannabis consumers typically have less serious criminal histories than users of other drugs. Reading through the report, we noted five interesting things: 1. Drug arrests…
After six months of meetings, the Social Consumption Advisory Committee, tasked with implementing Initiative 300, has finalized rules and regulations for social consumption.
How many friends can consume cannabis on a front porch? Some Colorado lawmakers wanted to limit it to five.
In the final days of the legislative session, state Democrats and Republicans blocked each others’ attempts to earn political kudos with oil pipeline safety legislation — though the two plans differed substantially in their aims. On Monday night, two days before the legislative session ended, House Republicans filibustered a bill…
A just-released report about the ski lift accident that killed San Antonio mom Kelly Huber in December 2016 reveals that the culprit was an electronic drive whose failure raises concerns that go well beyond this single incident. Indeed, the 151-page document notes that “due to the unprecedented nature of this dynamic occurrence, continued investigation/analysis of this event will likely continue for years.”
DRUID launched in the app store in July 2016. It allows users to play games that measure things like reaction time and balance. If the score comes back too high, you’ll know you’re too impaired to drive.
Finding that dream house in Denver’s red hot real estate market has become so difficult that one couple has sent a letter to approximately 1,200 homeowners in the Park Hill neighborhood whose properties aren’t for sale in the hope of convincing someone to let them buy their place anyhow.
When Jeanette Vizguerra took sanctuary in the basement of the First Unitarian Society in mid February, the undocumented mother of four from Denver became one of the faces of resistance to President Trump and his platform of increased immigration enforcement. Vizguerra’s story has been carried by publications across the globe,…
When Ilan Freeman was growing up, his favorite movie was The Lion King, and he named his new company Hakuna Supply to reflect the problem-free philosophy popularized by the movie. Hakuna: No worries.The Colorado-based company offers walnut and mahogany stash boxes, rolling trays and other accessories like stash jars and grinders. “I made the first boxes by hand,” Freeman says. “Keep it simple, keep it functional — that’s the whole idea.”
After some but not all of Eric Jarrin’s marijuana was stolen, the Colorado resident reported what had happened. But because the crime took place in Wyoming, which has some of the strongest anti-cannabis laws in the country, the police officers who responded didn’t bother going after the thief. Instead, they promptly arrested Jarrin and fellow Colorado pal Christopher Rathe, whose actions raise an important question: Were the pair too stoned to remember they were in a state where pot is illegal?
A consumer wants to know why more stores don’t sell clones; our Stoner has the answer.
David Sirota, a Denver-based journalist and nationally recognized columnist, took to crowdfunding to raise enough money to get e-mails between Republican lawmakers in Colorado and oil and gas donors and lobbyists. Sirota raised the $1,670 required by the state to mine the e-mail accounts of Republicans in the Colorado Senate…
In the wake of the deadliest season at Colorado ski resorts in five years, a national snow-sports safety advocate recently argued in this space for ski areas to share data about injuries and casualties and publish their safety plans. At present, though, there is no legislation pending or in the works at either the state or federal level that would make such actions a requirement for the ski industry, which fears that greater transparency could lead to a flood of lawsuits. Moreover, no state legislators and just one member of Colorado’s Congressional delegation, Representative Jared Polis, appear to have the issue on their radar.
If neighbors were already concerned about traffic, noise and an influx of visitors to their West Washington Park neighborhood, this news won’t make them any happier: The International Church of Cannabis has announced that it will start hosting weddings for fellow Elevationists.
Deon Jones was arrested in rough, guns-drawn fashion because he was black and behind the wheel of a car from Aurora that was parked in Denver, where local cops thought it didn’t belong, according to a new lawsuit. Attorney David Lane, who represents Jones in the case, argues that this alleged example of racial profiling, captured on police body-camera video on view below, remains the Denver Police Department’s policy and practice.
Pueblo County is quickly becoming a center not only for cannabis production, but for cannabis research, too. In late April, Pueblo hosted two major scientific gatherings featuring speakers from around the globe.
Spring is pothole season in Colorado, with the rainy weather much of the state has experienced over the past few days further exacerbating the vehicle-abusing phenomenon. And while any roadway is susceptible to hosting potholes, a spokesman for the Colorado Department of Transportation says one area in the system is consistently the worst.
Five days into his presidency, Donald Trump told ABC News’s David Muir that DREAMers — young undocumented immigrants that are currently protected under a provision enacted by President Obama called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) — needn’t worry about deportation under this new administration. “They shouldn’t be very worried. They…
The Denver Post won a clear victory in court earlier this week in its battle against three former sales executives, but it may be too early for the newspaper’s corporate honchos to be celebrating.
For the second year in a row, former Nhu Lai members gathered outside the temple to celebrate the Buddha’s birthday on their own, amid some amplified shouting at those inside and a speaker blaring a recording, detailing the alleged faults of the temple’s 87-year-old spiritual leader.
